This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
Science
Physics
Chemistry
Biology, medicine
Astronomy
Mathematics
Computer science
Linguistics
Invention
Engineering
Social sciences
Economics
Other sciences
History Roman Aftanazy , historian of former Eastern Borderlands and librarianSzymon Askenazy , historian and diplomatMarcin Bielski , chroniclerMichał Bobrzyński , historian and politicianJózef Borzyszkowski , Kashubian historianFilip Callimachus Alina Cała Marek Jan Chodakiewicz Piotr Cywiński Tadeusz Czacki Norman Davies , British-Polish historianMałgorzata Dąbrowska , historian, ByzantistJan Długosz , 15th-century chronicler of PolandMaria Dzielska Marian Kamil Dziewanowski , Poland, Russia, modern EuropeKarol Estreicher (senior) , father of Polish Bibliography Stanisław Estreicher Tadeusz Estreicher Józef Feldman Mieczysław Gębarowicz , art historian, museum director, custodian of Ossolineum Aleksander Gieysztor Kazimierz Godłowski , historian and archeologistWładysław Grabski Roman Grodecki Oskar Halecki , historian of PolandMarceli Handelsman , historian of PolandPaweł Jasienica , historian of PolandJacek Jędruch Wincenty Kadłubek , 13th-century historian of PolandJózef Kasparek , constitutions; World War II eraStefan Kieniewicz , 19th-century Polish historyJerzy Kirchmayer , 1944 Warsaw Uprising Jerzy Kolendo , archaeologist, epigraphist and historian of the Mediterranean Basin in antiquity[7] Hugo Kołłątaj , 18th–19th-century historian, philosopher and politicianFeliks Koneczny , Polish history, social philosophyWładysław Konopczyński , Polish and world historyIwona Korga , historian, president of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America Stanisław Kot , historian, politician , diplomat Władysław Kozaczuk , military history, military intelligence, World War IIManfred Kridl , history of Polish culture and literatureMarcin Kromer , 16th-century Bishop of Warmia , secretary to two Polish kings, and historian of PolandJan Kucharzewski , historian and politicianMarian Kukiel , military historian and politicianLucyna Kulińska Ewa Kurek Stanisław Kutrzeba , Poland, Polish law, KrakówGerard Labuda Joachim Lelewel , historian of PolandJerzy Jan Lerski Dariusz Libionka Wacław Lipiński Stanisław Lorentz , art historian Czesław Madajczyk , World War IIJanusz Magnuski , World War II Polish and Soviet armorTadeusz Manteuffel , medievalistMaciej Masłowski , art historian Benjamin Mazar (1906–1995), Israeli historian and archeologist; President of the Hebrew University of JerusalemMaciej Miechowita Lidia Milka-Wieczorkiewicz Karol Modzelewski Stephen Mizwa Teodor Narbutt ,[8] Polish historian of LithuaniaAdam Naruszewicz ,[9] 18th-century historian, participant in the Great Sejm Kasper Niesiecki , Jesuit lexicographer and heraldic scholarSzymon Okolski , 17th-century historianBartosz Paprocki , Polish and Czech heraldic scholarMichael Alfred Peszke , Polish Armed Forces, World War IITadeusz Piotrowski , historian of Poland during World War IIRichard Pipes , Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet UnionIwo Cyprian Pogonowski , World War II, Polish-Jewish relations; engineerTeresa Prekerowa Stanisław Salmonowicz , historian of lawHenryk Samsonowicz , historian specializing in medieval Poland Konstancja Skirmuntt Julian Stachiewicz , military historianSzymon Starowolski Aneta Stawiszyńska Dariusz Stola Maciej Stryjkowski , historian, writer, poetIrena Strzelecka Tomasz Strzembosz , Polish World War II historyTadeusz Sulimirski , historian and archeologistKarol Szajnocha , historian and novelistJózef Szujski Zygmunt Szweykowski , Polish literatureWładysław Tatarkiewicz , philosophy and aestheticsRafał Taubenschlag , history of lawJanusz Tazbir , historian, specializing in the culture and religion of Poland in the 16th and 17th centuries Józef Turowski , World War II OUN massacres of PolesAdam Ulam , Polish-American historian of Russia and the Soviet UnionAdam Vetulani , history of lawPiotr S. Wandycz , Polish-American historian of Central and Eastern EuropeLeon Wasilewski Ewa Wipszycka , historian and papyrologistRichard Woytak , World War II eraJulia Zabłocka (1931–1993), historian, classical scholar, archaeologistWincenty Zakrzewski , 16th-century PolandAdam Zamoyski Janusz K. Zawodny , World War IIMarek Żukow-Karczewski , historian and journalist
Philosophy
Prose literature
Journalism
Poetry
Music
Visual arts
Entertainment
Business
Politics
Law
Diplomacy
Military
Intelligence
Holocaust resistance
Religion
Nobility
Royalty
Assassins
Miscellany
Legendary persons
Fictional characters Matteusz Andrzejewski, played by Jordan Renzo , a character in Class , a British science fiction drama programme, and a spin-off of the long-running programme Doctor Who Captain William Joseph B.J. Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 3D Ernst Stavro Blofeld , a villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming Bolek i Lolek , cartoon characters from a Polish children's TV animated comedy seriesBaba Jaga , Polish version of the forest-dwelling sorceressWaldemar Daninsky, wolfman in La Marca del Hombre Lobo Nicodemus Dyzma, in Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz 's novel The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma Jacob Jankowski, a character played by Robert Pattinson in a 2011 American romantic drama film Water for Elephants Marcin Jerek, Polish-born British professor and former CIA interrogator, in the TV series NCIS , played by W. Morgan Sheppard Dr. Judym, in Stefan Żeromski 's novel Homeless People Kajko i Kokosz Florentyna Kane in The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President? Commander Keen , grandson of B.J. BlazkowiczHans Kloss (Captain Kloss), World War II secret agent in the Polish TV serial Stake larger than life Kordian Funky Koval , space detectiveSugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, a singer of Polish descent played by Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder 's 1959 romantic comedy film Some Like It Hot Kowalski , a penguin in the children's film Madagascar Stanley Kowalski , in Tennessee Williams ' play A Streetcar Named Desire Detective Stanley Kowalski , Polish-American Chicago policeman in the 1990s Canadian television series Due South Walt Kowalski, Polish-American Korean War veteran and retired Ford worker, in Clint Eastwood 's 2008 film Gran Torino Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada, a netrunner of mixed Polish and Japanese descent in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Ligia , heroine of Sienkiewicz 's novel, Quo Vadis? Man of Iron , symbol of Solidarity and title of Wajda 's filmKoziołek Matołek , like the bear and the horse, the goat is part of Polish folklore, here in Kornel Makuszyński 's renditionMike Nomad (with Steve Roper), an American adventure comic strip (1936–2004)Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in Edith Wharton 's novel The Age of Innocence (1920) Pan Tadeusz , poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgiaRoland "Prez" Pryzbylewski , in HBO's The Wire , went from police officer to school teacherOfficer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Stefan "Steve" Radecki, a character played by Anton Walbrook in 1941 British war film Dangerous Moonlight Abel Rosnovski in Kane and Abel Pan Samochodzik , adventurer created by Zbigniew Nienacki Paweł i Gaweł , humorous morality tale about neighbour relations, a favourite children's poemSasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski), Marvel superheroSierotka Marysia , archetypal abandoned girl, "Little orphan Mary", living with dwarves Walter Sobchak , the "Polish Catholic" in the film The Big Lebowski Silk Spectre I & II, superheroines in Watchmen Stanislau, ace pilot in Blackhawk Stanisław Tarkowski (Staś ), protagonist of young-adult novel In Desert and Wilderness by Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz Mieczysław Stilinski , also known as Stiles Stilinski , one of the main characters in American television series Teen Wolf broadcast on MTV and played by Dylan O'Brien Michael Stivic , in All in the Family Tadzio, a Polish boy (inspired by Władysław Moes ) in Thomas Mann 's novel Death in Venice as well as 1971 film adaptation of the same name by Luchino Visconti played by Björn Andrésen Ijon Tichy , main protagonist in several works of Stanisław Lem such as The Star Diaries , The Futurological Congress , Peace on Earth and Observation on the Spot Kasia Tomaszewski, played by Zofia Wichłacz , a character in World on Fire , a 2019 war drama miniseries broadcast on BBC One Maciej Tomczyk ala Lech Wałęsa , in the 1981 film Man of Iron , directed by Andrzej Wajda Pan Twardowski , a Faust -like figure of Polish legend, literature and film.Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek , Polish comic book heroesWrocław's dwarfs Miś Uszatek , cartoon characterWalter Koskiusko Waldowski , the "Painless Pole" in the film MASH Konrad Wallenrod , in the narrative poem by Adam Mickiewicz John Paul Wiggin (Jan Paweł Wieczorek) in the Ender's Game seriesStanisław Wokulski, protagonist of Bolesław Prus ' novel The Doll Stanley Thaddeus "Wojo" Wojciehowicz, played by Max Gail , in the American television sitcom Barney Miller Wrocław's dwarfs , brass manikins that first appeared on the city's pavements in 2005Piotr Zak , composer in a spoof BBC documentarySophie Zawistowski, played by Meryl Streep , in Sophie's Choice based on a novel by William Styron Dominic Wajda
Models
Sport
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Checkers
Chess
Climbing
Cycling
Fencing
Football
Ice hockey
Skiing
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Others
See also
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